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Forest Block Population - Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Forest Block is a small village located in Dumaria Block of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 30 families residing. The Forest Block village has population of 187 of which 80 are males while 107 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Forest Block village population of children with age 0-6 is 44 which makes up 23.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Forest Block village is 1338 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Forest Block as per census is 1588, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Forest Block village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Forest Block village was 46.15 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Forest Block Male literacy stands at 66.67 % while female literacy rate was 30.00 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Forest Block village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Forest Block village.

Forest Block Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 30 - -
Population 187 80 107
Child (0-6) 44 17 27
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 181 77 104
Literacy 46.15 % 66.67 % 30.00 %
Total Workers 92 38 54
Main Worker 2 - -
Marginal Worker 90 38 52

Caste Factor

In Forest Block village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.79 % of total population in Forest Block village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Forest Block village of Purbi Singhbhum.

Work Profile

In Forest Block village out of total population, 92 were engaged in work activities. 2.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 97.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 92 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.